Activity 10: Story - The Three Little Pigs
Begin by watching the video below showing Georgi reading the story of The Three Little Pigs. It is a good idea to watch the story a few times to give your child a chance to become familiar with it - although you may of course know it already!
As you listen, you could copy some of the makaton signs and join in with the repeated refrains either with words or signs. You could turn off the sound and read the story at home or let your child retell it in their own words.
Activity 1 Sensory Learners
Once you have watched the story video, please see the document list at the bottom of the page for a Three Little Pigs Sensory Story to enjoy at home with your child. The resources required for the sensory story are included in the presentation. You could also use the same resources to create a sensory tray for your child to explore. If you have them, you could add any pig or wolf toys you have at home or print the stick puppets provided in the document list to include in your sensory tray. In the document list, you will also see some word cards that you could print and use to support your child to label and/or request items for their sensory tray.
Activity 2 Play Based Learners
In this task, your child will make resources to support you and your child to role play the story or just have fun pretending to be wolves and pigs! You can make masks or puppets or try dressing up, with or without face paints, to support your play. You will find some mask and stick puppet templates that you could print and use at home in the documents list below. There is also a powerpoint show including some craft ideas you could try out instead. We'd love to see what you come up with...
Also for some inspiration, below is a video of Megan making her own pig mask at home.
Activity 3 Semi-formal Learners
In this activity, your child will develop their understanding of the story by building their own straw, stick and brick houses. If you don't have these items you could use any of the following or get creative with anything else you have in your home:
Straw: dry spaghetti, weetabix, shredded paper
Sticks: chocolate fingers, lolly sticks, chopsticks, wooden pegs
Bricks: Lego, Duplo, biscuits, building blocks
Once you've made your houses, you can role play blowing them down - see activity 2 for some ideas for making masks or puppets to support this play. It would be good to practice taking turns to knock the houses down too. Here are some pictures for inspiration:
Activity 4 Formal Learners
In this activity, your child will retell the story in their own words either verbally or in writing. Begin by sharing the story map with your child - see the document list below. Your child's teacher can help you decide which steps are most appropriate for your child.
Step 1 - Looking at one picture at a time, ask your child to tell you about what is happening in the story map. Support your child to retell the story verbally in their own words using the story map to recall the key events. Use the colourful semantics resources (see the document list at the bottom of the page) to build a sentence if they need some extra support. There is a simple guide to using colourful semantics in the document list as well.
Step 2 - Practice writing some of the key words from the story by completing the key word writing sheets in the document list below. They may prefer to choose the sounds themselves or to copy words from the word mat provided. Both documents are in the document list below.
Step 3 - Once your child is confident, try building a sentence with the colourful semantics resources and then write it down. Your child might find the word mat helpful or they might write only one word in the sentence with your scribing the rest for them - if so, pick a word you know they can manage from step 2 to build their confidence! They might even like to draw a picture to illustrate their sentence.
Join in with Attention Autism at home! Watch Stages, 1, 2 and 3- can you have a go at the Stage 3 activity at home? The Stage 4 activity is available to download below if you would like to try it at home- the pieces were already cut out before completing the activity!
Other optional activities
You will find a some pencil control and colouring sheets in the document list below to use if you would like to do so.
Three Little Pigs Resources for Activities
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Activity 1 Three little pigs sensory story.ppsm | Download |
| Activity 1 Three Little Pigs Sensory Tray Word Cards.pdf | Download |
| Activity 2 Three little pigs role play ideas.ppsm | Download |
| Activity 4 Colourful Semantics Guide.pdf | Download |
| Activity 4 Colourful Semantics Resources.pdf | Download |
| Activity 4 Key word writing first sound only.pdf | Download |
| Activity 4 Key word writing.pdf | Download |
| Activity 4 The Three Little Pigs Story Map .pdf | Download |
| Activity 4 Word Mat.pdf | Download |
| Three Little Pigs Colouring Sheets.pdf | Download |
Retelling the Story
Now you have listened to the story can you retell the story? There are various ways in which you can do this:
- Use the story map to sequence the pictures in the correct order. You can discuss what is happening in the story while completing this activity.
- Use the sentence building cards to construct the sentences from the story. You can refer to the video above to help if needed.
- Use the prompt sheet and look at the pictures. You can either write the key words or a simple sentence to tell the story.
Phonics- Initial Sounds
Show the cards below to your child and see if they can identify what the picture is. Once they have identified the picture either independently or with help see if they can correctly identify the initial sound. To begin your child may need help identifying the different sounds in the word. To do this you may need to break up the word into the different sounds for example P-I-G.
OT exercises
‘Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down’
Have fun with this blowing bubbles activity. Oral motor activities can help increase awareness, strength, co-coordination and movement of the mouth, jaw, tongue and lips. These exercises can also help with sensory regulation.
Bubble cup:
- To do this activity you will need to put bubble mixture (this can be washing up liquid and water) into a cup. Use a straw to blow bubbles into the mixture. How big can you make your bubbles?
Bubble Snake:
- For this activity you will need a plastic bottle, a sock and elastic band. Cut the bottom of the bottle and discard this. Place the sock over the bottom end of the bottle ensuring the fabric is pulled tight. Secure this with the elastic band. Dip the fabric into bubble mixture and blow through the bottle to create your bubble snack. How long can you make your snake?
